тридевять
rare #28920
- 1.
far away, far-off, in a faraway land
Он уе́хал за тридевя́ть земель.
He went off to a faraway land.
Chiefly in the set phrase «за тридевять земель» (fairy-tale style).
- 2.
(rare) twenty-seven, thrice nine
Тридевя́ть — э́то три́жды де́вять, то есть два́дцать семь.
'Tridevyat' means thrice nine, that is twenty-seven.
Archaic folk counting; literally 'three nines'.
Examples
Word familyтридевятьPRO
- тридевятьfar away; twenty-seven
- тридевя́тыйfaraway
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